The Goblin Calendar of hallucination

Some goblin doomsday prophets identify hallucination as the sign — not of the end, but of the part right before the end, which lasts longer than anyone expected.

hallucination carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of hallucination more interesting than the actual one.

The neural-Adjacent Goblin File

Across the goblin warrens, neural is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

archive: A Goblin Sideways Look

To a goblin, archive is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about archive feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as hallucination contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. hallucination remains.